Beef Daube

This is a very good dish. It's like French beef stew served over pasta.

Ingredients

2 tsp Olive Oil
12 garlic Cloves, crushed
2-pound Beef Stew, cut into 2-inch cubes
1 1/2 tsp Salt, divided
1/2 tsp Black Pepper, divided
1 cup Red Wine
2 cups chopped Carrot
1 1/2 cups chopped Onion
1/2 cup less-sodium Beef broth
1 tsp Tomato Paste
1 tsp chopped fresh Rosemary
1 tsp chopped fresh Thyme
Dash of ground Cloves
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced Tomatoes, undrained
1 Bay Leaf
3 cups hot cooked medium Egg Noodles (about 4 cups uncooked noodles)
Chopped fresh Thyme (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 300°.

Heat olive oil in a skillet over low heat.

Add garlic to pan; cook for 5 minutes or until garlic is fragrant, stirring occasionally.

Remove garlic with a slotted spoon; set aside.

Increase heat to medium-high. Add beef to pan. Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.

Cook 5 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove beef from pan.

Add wine to pan, and bring to a boil, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add garlic, beef, remaining 1 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, carrot, and next 8 ingredients (through bay leaf) to pan; bring to a boil.

Place mixture into a slow cooker and cook on High for 5 hours.

Italian Beef Florentine

Ingredients:

1 1/4 lb Hamburger (or 5 beef patties)
2 1/2 cups Baby Spinach Leaves
3 Eggs
4 Tbsp butter
3 cups Milk
2 packet Garlic and Herb sauce mix
4 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 3/4 cups Panko
3 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1/2 cup Flour

Directions:

Make 5 hamburger patties.

Place the flour in plate. Then beat the eggs and place into a bowl. Next combine the panko, italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in another plate.

Preheat a large skillet on medium-high heat with 4 Tbsp of olive oil. Next, Dip patties in the flour (covering both sides), then dip into the egg mixture. Then dip into panko mixture.

Place each pattie into the pan and cook each side to brown the crust. Then cook until internal temperatures reaches 160 degrees (total time in pan could be 4 - 6 minutes).

Combine sauce mix and milk in a saucepan on medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and stire in butter and spinach. Cook for 2 - 3 minutes, stirring often, until the spinache is wilted.

Beef Brisket in Beer

Ingredients:

1-3/4 pounds Beef Brisket
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
1/2 large Onion, sliced and separated into rings
3 1/4 tablespoons Chili Sauce
1 1/4 tablespoon BrownSsugar
1 clove Garlic, pressed
1/3 cup Light Beer
1 1/4 tablespoon All-Purpose Flour
Pepper
Garnishes: tomato slices, fresh parsley sprigs

Directions:

Trim fat from brisket, and cut brisket in half. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Place onion rings in bottom of a slow cooker; top with brisket.

Stir together chili sauce and next 3 ingredients; pour over brisket.

Cover and cook on HIGH 4 to 6 hours, or on LOW 8 to 12 hours. Remove brisket, and set aside, reserving liquid in slow cooker.

Remove 1 cup reserved liquid from slow cooker; whisk in flour, and pour into slow cooker, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened.

Serve over brisket; sprinkle with pepper.

Garnish, if desired.

Super Simple Cranberry Roast (beef or pork)

Super Simple Cranberry Roast (beef or pork)

Ingredients

2-3 pounds beef or pork roast or stew chunks
1 tablespoon dried onion flakes, or 1 medium yellow onion, diced
2 tablespoons soy sauce (La Choy and Tamari wheat-free are gluten free)
1 (16-ounce) whole berry cranberry sauce (or 2 cups homemade!)

that's it!

The Directions

Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Plop in the meat (frozen is fine), and add the onion and soy sauce. Pour in the entire can of cranberry sauce over the top. Do not add water. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours, or on high for 5-6. If you are cooking on high, you may need to "help" the meat break apart by taking it out an hour or so before serving by cutting it into chunks, then returning to the sauce. I like it when the meat is tender and the juice has fully soaked in.